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Value Logistics is a supply-chain service provider that offers customers a one-stop-shop of services that include truck rental, transport, long-distance transport, forklift hire, warehousing, distribution of break-bulk, forwarding and clearing. It has approximately 2 000 employees countrywide, providing services to clients in the automotive, consumer electronics, clothing and textiles, refrigerated transport and chemicals industries. It also has a specialised division that handles hazardous chemical products. The company opened a new site in Germiston two years ago.

Says CTO Peter Fuller: “We struggled and struggled to get Diginet; we were desperate. In the end, Business Connexion (BCX) suggested we go for a wireless radio solution. We had also experimented with our own radio solution [but] were not aware of the legalities. Once we became aware of [the legal issues], we handed it over to BCX and they ran that too. This was 18 months ago.”

BCX currently provides Value Logistics with three wireless links: a 256kbps link to the site in Germiston, a 2Mbps link to the Value Logistics Value City branch and a 4Mbps link between Value City and the head office. Links to a further four branches around the country are in the pipeline.